ST. PAUL-Seven Twin Cities communities will get grants for affordable housing support, including the 103-unit University and Dale Apartments in St. Paul. Two projects totaling 36 townhouses in Woodbury also get support.

MINNEAPOLIS-The architects have redesigned a 19,408-sf space in Minneapolis for Benesyst, a benefits outsourcing vendor; and a 15,720-sf space in Minnetonka, MN, for Osteologics, a Stryker Orthopedics company.

BLOOMINGTON, MN-The first phase will add a 11,000-sf neighborhood retail center to a Cub foods store, and the second phase includes Applewood Pointe with 95 cooperatives and 50 townhomes.

EDEN PRAIRIE, MN-Janet Jeremiah, formerly planning and zoning supervisor for the city of St. Louis Park, MN, recently took over as Eden Prairie's new community development director.

MINNEAPOLIS-The building at 3501 Marshall St. was acquired by C&S when it bought all of the assets of Fleming, the food wholesaler and retailer, but was deemed surplus property.

BROOKLYN PARK, MN-An unidentified institutional investor offers the leather goods retailer an alternative deal to raise $35 million. Charlottesville, VA-based Peninsula Investment Partners LP and two affiliates of Pittsburgh-based Quaker Capital Management Corp. already have a deal on the table.

MINNEAPOLIS-The 39-floor, 283-unit luxury condominium tower, being built by Minnetonka-based Opus Northwest and St. Louis Park-based APEX Asset Management, would be the tallest residential tower in the city.

MINNEAPOLIS-The data provider, known for providing FICO scores on consumer credit, already has 450 employees in the city, where it has grown since buying Dynamark 12 years ago.